Should receivers pay something for SMS message?

[shengchieh]

There hasn't been any new poll for awhile so I thought I make one.

This posting is also part-rant because I never understand why
receivers pay for text messages that he/she may not want. There
is nothing to stop spammers (the "dirty" kind) from grabbing your
cellphone's email address and send you SMS spams.

Maybe others have different opinions - please post.

Sheng-Chieh

[dollymadison]

Well...yes, and no. I believe if you are receiving txt msgs as normal, i.e. people who AREN'T spammers, you should be required to pay for them as outlined by your wireless plan. BUT, I also believe there should be some protocol in place where you can ban someone from sending you a text, unfortunately, I'm not sure how that will be possible. You can't block someone from sending you an email, although you can send it to your spam file. I think there should be a capability to send text messages to a spam file.

I guess I gave a non-answer lol. I didn't vote because I don't have a y/n answer. :D

Interesting poll, Sheng-Chieh!

[Kitty]

I believe people should have an option to block txt messages from annoying/harassing texters. If people had the tools to do that with, then yes, sms's should be charged to receive.

Right now there is nothing stopping someone from mass-texting you, burning up your texting allowance, through no fault of your own.

Kitty

[Skeptic]

Did you know that in Europe and most of the world, you are not charged for incoming calls? Only charged for outgoing. You can buy a prepaid cell and continue receiving calls with no credit on your phone!

[kc8adu]

charging for outgoing emails and texts would kill the spammers.the reason spam and junk texts/faxes are such a problem is that they can be sent free and anonymously.make them pay to send and the problem is fixed overnight.

[Kitty]

Charging for outgoing emails would increase the cost of doing business online dramatically. Kitty Wireless alone sends 7,000-10,000 emails per day.

:)

[shengchieh]

A more important reason. Charging for email will stop spams. It change radically the economic of spams.
Even Bill Gates said 1 cents per email - not going to kill anybody except spammers (whom sent zillion a day).

Sheng-Chieh

[Cardiac]

I think $.01 per email would have a very detrimental effect on small business's. $70-$100 a day extra out of Kitty's bottom line would have a huge effect on her business. If she was GE or Hewlett Packard, etc. then it wouldn't bother them a bit....

Bob

[Kitty]

I think $.01 per email would have a very detrimental effect on small business's. $70-$100 a day extra out of Kitty's bottom line would have a huge effect on her business. If she was GE or Hewlett Packard, etc. then it wouldn't bother them a bit....

Bob

I doubt this will ever happen, but if it did, we would most likely:

- Stop the free reminders program.
- Stop the free phone status reports from the web.

These two things alone generate 30-40% of our email volume.

Kitty

[RCEagles]

I believe it is working correctly now. All users pay a part in the cost. So, I don't think a sender only charge would be of any benefit. It would cause small business to spend more and in long run any savings to me would be lost.

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[andymil]

when I was with verizon I did get texting blocked but they were reaelly hesitant to do it but after persistance they did it ..............just info on I know its possible...I just had page plus block data but will this stop texting...............No it wont I just sent her one and it went thru............oh well as long as she doesnt use any data i am ok

[Boz]

when I was with verizon I did get texting blocked but they were reaelly hesitant to do it but after persistance they did it ..............just info on I know its possible...I just had page plus block data but will this stop texting...............No it wont I just sent her one and it went thru............oh well as long as she doesnt use any data i am okIf you really want texting disabled, that is a separate item from cellular data. Just contact PPC again and request to have texting disabled also.